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JOHNSON'S 

FACT BOOK 



REVISED EDITION 

A Compilaticn of 



Short Cuts 

For Saving Labor 



Price 50 cents 



PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS FOR PEOPLE 
IN ALL WALKS OF LIFE 



Published by 

T. G. JOHNSON 
ATLANTA, GEORGIA 



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Copyright 191 7-19 19 
T. G. JOHNSON 
ATLANTA. GA. 



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PREFACE 

In writing and compiling this book we have 
exerted every -^.flfort to make it plain, brief and 
right to the point, so that any one can easily 
understand every portion of it. 

In all departments of business there are han- 
dy ways of doing things, which are quicker 
than the usual way ; things that are practiced 
by the few and unknown to the many. 

In this book one will find many practical 
suggestions that can be brought into daily use, 
thereby saving both time and money. 

It is our earnest desire that you will find 
its valu- ample justification for its preserva- 
tion. 

THE PUBLISHERS. 

NOTE — Complete Index in back of the book 



Making Them Pull Together. 




When a team will not pull together, the fol- 
lowmg simple remedy will prove successful: 
Unhitch the inside traces and cross them, as 
sliown in cut. 




Home-Made Bag Holder. 

Take 



a nail keg 
and knock the bot- 
tom out; drive eight 
penny nails slanting 
upward from tiic in- 
side and three in- 
ches from the bot- 
tom. Nail keg to a 
post or side of the 
barn I;ke cut shown. 



Tc Cure a Smoking Chimney. 




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A smoking chimney 
may be remedied by 
knocking out half a 
brick on each of its 
four sides, about one 
foot from the top. 



Medicine Stains on Silver. 

Medicine stains on silver spoons and silver- 
ware may be removed by rubbing with a rag 
dipped in sulphuric acid and washing with 
soapsuds. 



Home-Made Fruit Jar Openef. 



Take a common leather 
strap with a buckle. Pull 
it tight on the cover and 
buckel the strap as {^hown 
in cut. 




Emergency Wrench. 




When you find 
that your wrench is 
too small to use. 
wire two wrenches 
together as per cut 
shown and you will 
overcome :he trou- 
ble. 



IJewing Burlap. 




Grind a sharp point on a sardine can apenei% 
and you will have a needle that will answer 
every purpose. 



Easy Way to Lay Off Stringers for Building 

Steps. 




Place clamp on square, making width and 
depth desired as shown in cut. 

Handy Tool for PiiTTfng Spikes. 




To overcome the danger of breakmg handle 
of hammer while pulling spikes, bring into use 
a piece of old gas pipe 20 inches long and pro- 
ceed as shown in cut. 



Home-Made Window Lock. 



.5:nple and effec- 
tive lock which is 
attached to the win- 
dow sash by mfcans 
of a screw. 



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Home-Made Wrench for Turning a Pipe. 




If you haven't a pipe wrench handy, take 
two old files and an ordinary washer, as per 
rMt shown. 



To Mend an Umbrella. 




An umbrella with a steel rod that is loose 
in the handle may be mended by filling the 
hole in the handle with powdered rosin and 
inserting into it the end of the rod heated 
sufficiently to melt the rosin. It will stay as 
well as if mended by an expert, who would 
mend it the same way. 

Making Coffee. 

Add a pinch of common table salt, as it 
will improve it greatly. 

Home-Made Can Opener. 

We all know how 
difficult it is at times 
to remove a tight fit- 
ting cover on a lard 
can. Try this. Place 
a heavy cord around 
the can just below 
the cover, placing nail as shown in cut and 
twist and your cover will come off easily. 




Aid in Threading Needle. 

By using a piece of 
white paper as a back- 
ground, a sewing machine 
needle may be sometimes 
much more easily thread- 
ed. Try it. 




To Hem New Table Linen. 

Stiff new table linen may be easily hemmed 
by rubbing the upper edge with soap before 
sewing it on the machine. The soap softens 
the material, at the same time lubricating the 
machine needle. 

Home-Made Towel Roller. 




Take a couple of old clothes hooks as shown 
in cut and screw them in the wall. Cut an 
old broom to length desired, and drive six 
penny nail in the ends and cut the heads off. 
Easy to make and very durable. 



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To Prevent Taking of Poison Out of an Ifcr 
labeled Botde. 



Take a piece of ribbon 
or cloth and stick five or 
six eight-ounce tacks 
through same ; then tie on 
neck of bottle, leaving the 
points sticking outwards 
as shown in cut. 




To Hear Better Over a Telephone. 




Place hand over transmitter while listening : 
bj so doing you will overcome any local noise 
and will be able to hear much better what is 
l^eing said. 



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To Soften the Tone oi a Talking Machine. 



Use a common old 
clothes pin on the set 
j^crew as shown m 
cut. Try it and note 
the difference. 




Keeping Candle Stick Clean. 




Easy way to keep ; our candle stick clean 
is tO' imt a washer made from mica, or tin, 
to fit around base of candle to catch the tallow 
as it falls. 



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Home-Made Fly Trap. 

Fill glass two-thirds full 
of strong soap suds, with as 
much froth as possible. Take 
a piece of pasteboard large 
enough to cover the glass 
and punch four holes in cen- 
ter of board. Spread mo- 
lasses on under side of paste 
board as per cut shown. 



How to Sew Thin Fabrics. 

If a paper is laid upon the machine and the 
stitching done through the goods and through 
the paper the work will be perfect. The ma- 
chine needle will cut the paper so it will be the 
work of but a moment to remove it. 




Pouring Oil Out of a Cam 

By pouring out of the 
top as shown in cut, you 
will find that it will flow 
freely, eliminating the 
necessity of having tv/o 
holes in can. Try this and 
note the improvement 
over the old way. 

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Straps on Mattrefi& 




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Makes it much easier to iiandle. Sew im€ 
on each of the four corners. Make straps of 
heavy dnokiTisr. 

To Repair Hot Water Bags. 




Don't throw away your old hot water bags, 
as they can be easily made almost new, by us- 
mg several coats of lie aid court plaster, let- 
ting each court dry be arre putting on the next 
one. 



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Home-Made Crutches. 




Use an old worn 

out broom as shown 
in cut, pad and cover 
same. Easy to make, 
is cheap and durable. 



Reflectors for Dark Roonie 




Swing mirror on outside of window as 
shown in cut, and note the difference in the 
light of the room. 



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Home-Made Medicine Dropper. 




Make two V shape grooves in the stopper as 
shown in cut. Size of grooves will depend on 
the character of the liquid in the bottle. 




Wire nail kegs to wall as shown in cut with 
number eight wire and a few staples. Bend 
wire around staple so the next can be taken 
down and cleaned when necessary. The holes 
sawed in the side are to aid in removing hens. 



Home-Made Shoe ;Scrape. 



«irl Oil 




Take an old worn-out 
broom and cut out the 
straw as shown in cut. 
Nail on step and you 
will have a very prcJC- 
tical shoe scrape. 



Stretching Wire Netting. 




To stretch wire uniformly tight, take a 2x4 
4 to 6 feet long, drive 16-penny nails through 
at a space of every six inches. Place th^ 2x4 
on the wire and stand on same as shown in cut. 

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To Prevent Screw From Working Loose. 




Drive a small staple over the head, fitting 
into the slot as shown in cut. 



Home-Made Shelf. 




Don't discard the old buckets, as you can 
use the lugs of same to a good advantage 
when building your shelves in the kitchen. 



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To Keep Piow Point Out of Ground 

When going 
from one field to 
another, if you 
will take the toe _>^>^ 
of an old shoe and /"""^fl^ ' ^ 

place same over ^ 
the plowpoint as shown in cut, it will elimi- 
nate a great deal of worry. 




Good Lock for Drawers. 




L'se strap hinges. Bend pieces of iram as 
shown in cut. 



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Advantage of Mixiog Salt in Mortar V/hei 
Building' a New Chimney. 




In building a chimney, put a quantity of salt 
into the mortar with which the inner courses 
of brick are laid. The effect will be that 
there will never be any accumulation of soot 
in that chimney. The philosophy is thus stat- 
ed: The salt in the portion of mortar whicl 
is exposed absorbs moistnre every damp day 
The soot, thus becoming damp, falls down int 
the fireplace. 

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Home-Made Hook for PuUing Straw Out of 
Hay Stack. 



Take a piece of one-half inch round iron, six 
or seven feet long and make loop for handle 
at one end. Make fish hook point at the other 
end and you will have a tool that will not only 
last you a life time, but one that will pay for 
itself many times. 



Self-Oosing Gate. 



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A gate that will close itself can be made 
by making the bottom board project past the 
post and a stout spiral spring nailed to stake 
as shown in cut. 

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Easy Way to Drench Stock. 



Take a piece of rubber 
hose 12 inches long and 
stretch over neck of bot- 
tle as shown in cut. You 
will find it to be an easy 
as well as safe way to 
drench stock. 




To Keep Sow from Eating iflgt^. 

Take a rag and saturate it with kerosene. 
Rub the little pigs with this. The smell of 
the kerosene keeps the sow trom eating the 
pigs. 

A Home-Made Leather Punch. 





Can be easily made with a rifle cartridge 
shell, using the size shell desired. Holes cut 
in the side of the shell enables you to empty 
the shell of the leather without any trouble. 



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Kome-Made Truck for Swiii BarreL 




Use plow handles attached to any old dis- 
carded wheel, placing barrel between the han- 
dles as shown in cut. 



An Improved Spade. 




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Take a couple of old mower blades, heat and 
bend at right angle, rivet on the spade as 
shown in cut. You will find that it will make 
a clean cut on both sides. 

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Grazing. 




Place ring on rope and tie to halter as 
shown in cut. 

A Cheap Paint 

Take a gallon of skim milk and add Port- 
land cement in right consistency to spread 
well; same will make a drab color and will 
last for many jrears* 

Home-Made Hog Trough. 

Cut shows how- 
simple a sensible 
hog trough can 
be made. Any 
child eight or nine 
years old can slop 
or water the hogs 
as easily as any 
grown person. 

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Home-Made Stop for Gate or Bam Door. 

Fasten any old hinge to 
lower part of the door or 
gate, and when not in use j^ 
turn back against the door 
or gate. You will find that 
it will hold it partly open 
and secure. 




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Easy Way to Load Hogs. 




Make a chute ten feet long out of heavy 
timber, and the width of your wagon and drive 
your hogs in. It wHl save you time and 
money. 

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A Home-Made LeveL 








Paste a piece of paper oblong length on 
the outside of an 8 or 10 oz. bottle. Partly 
fill bottle and you will have a very good spirit 
level. 

Emergency Button Hole for Worn-Out OoUai*. 




Punch hole in a small piece of cardboard and 
slip under band of collar, and use as shown 
in cut. 



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Repairing Fence PosL 



When fence post has rot- 
ted off at the ground, take 
two pieces one by three and 
drive into ground and nail 
on opposite sides, as shown 
in cut. 



Home-Made Stump Puller, 







Get a hard piece of timber, six by six inches 
and eighteen to twenty feet long, bevel down 
to three inches at one end and screw an iron 
plate on as shown in cut. Dig hole under the 
root of the stump and pry out. If your stumps 
are small, two men can do more in a day than 
three can with a machine. Try it and be con- 
vinced. 

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r« Raise the Body af a Drowned Persmi. 








The following scientific method was recent- 
ly used successfully in Oklahoma. Procuring 
a quantity of unslacked lime and some gallon 
g^lass jars, the German who had undertaken 
the job, was rowed out to a spot near where 
the body went down. One of the jars was 
filled about half full of the lime, then filled 
with water, tightly corked and dropped into 
the water. It soon exploded. After the third 
trial, each in a different place, the body came 
to the surface. 

Rust from Steel. — ^Take half ounce of em- 
cry powder mixed with one ounce of soap and 
rub vfeU. 



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To Move an Auto or Heavy Truck Out of Mud 




Gut notches in one end of plank to prevent 
rope slipping and tie rope to spoke, placing 
board as shown in cut. 



Home-Made Shower Bath. 




Buy a gasoline oil 
can from any hardware 
store and solder spray- 
er from an old sprink- 
ling can on the faucet. 
By hanging on a small 
pulley you can lowei 
and fill can without any 
\:rouble'. If properly 
taker care of. will last 
a lifetime. 



Home-Made Shoe Scrapete 




Bend an old piece of 
hoop iron and nail to 
bottom step. It is easy 
to make and will help 
keep the house clean. 



Home-Made Door Stop. 




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Take a piece of common 
hoop iron and bend as 
shown in cut. 



Lasy Way to Place Drip Pan Under Refrig- 
erator. 




Nail two small strips under refrigerator in 
a V shape as shown in cut, and drip pan will 
always be in the right place. 

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Home-Made Busl^el Measure* 

Take a lime or ce- 
ment barrel, measure 
X2% inches up from the 
bottom and saw off. 
Place one hoop at top 
on outside and one in 
inside. Nail with VA 

inch nails and clinch. Place another hoop 
2V2 inches from top down on outside and 
clinch. Cut two holes, one on each side, for 
hand holds. Now you have a measure that 
will hold one bushel of potatoes level full. 





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Castrating a Large Boar. 

Use a large barrel, 
about the size of the hog. 
Put corn in and induce the 
hog to go in after the 
feed. When he is in let 
two stout men lift the 
barrel on end. The hog 
may then be handled with 
perfect safety and with 
less worry to man and 
beast. This plan has been 
tried and is recommend- 



ed. 



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Home-Made Gate on Wheels. 

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Make like the cut shown and it will last you 
d lifetime. Easy to make and costs very little. 



Home-Made Stump Puller. 




Take a strong chain (a log chain will do) 
make a loop at one end, pass the chain 
around the stump and draw the other end of 
the chain through the loop, and fasten it near 
the end of a strong pole 2x4, 13 feet long and 
hitch the team to the other end and bring 
them around in a circle. If the stump is very 
fast, dig the earth away from^ it. 

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To Remove a Large Rock. 




Dig a smnll ditch around same and partly 
under the stone, then build a big fire or 't. 
When thoroughly hot throw 4 or 5 buckets oi 
cold wa^er over it. This is safer and less ex- 
pensive than blasting it out. 



Hinge to Make Door Qose Itself. 
Bend the lower 
strap hinge a quar- 
ter to a half inch, 
the amount depend- 
ing on the size of 
the hinge, 




Home-Male Hose Holder. 




Use a piece of one by six, two feet long; 
attach another piece six or seven inches long 
at the end of the board at an angle of 45 de- 
grees as shown in cut. You will find that it 
will make a very wide spray. 

Home-Made Feed Bag* 

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.Use an old grain sack, with small piece of 
rope running through the halter or bridle and 
back to check rein hook like cut shown. 



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Hotne-Macfe Boat. 




Cut a square hole 24 inches in a syrup bar- 
rel. Make frame oi cwo boards one by 12, 
10 feet long, with cross pieces as shown in 
cut. Nail barrel to frame. 

Homemade Vise 




Screw piece of wood to bench, placing wash- 
ers under the screws as shown in cut. 



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Ever-R^tdy Iroimig Board. 




Hmge board to the inside of a oloset pi; 
pantry door. Out of tlie way and in place. 

To Remove Paint from Wood. 

Half a cup of washing soda dissolved in a 
pint of water makes a very strong lye that 
will remove paint or varnish with a little 
scrubbing. The cleaned surface should be 
very thoroughly rinsed and dried before being 
repainted or varnished. 

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A Soap Shake. 

Use a baking powder 
can. Punch holes in the 
can with an ice pick or 
some other sharp point- 
ed too], and attach a 
large wire to the cen- 
ter, twisting the ends to form a handle. 




Fountain Pen Made Easily. 




Use two pens, place one above the other as 
shown in cut. 



Home-Made Potato Baker. 

Use number six 
galvanized wir e 
and bend same in 
.^ircular shape as 
shown, turning 
points up one c.:^^ 
one-half inches. 

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Trouser and Skirt Hanger. 




Bend heavy wire as shown in cut. 
To Repair Leak in a Bucket 




Daub a little paint over the leak on the inside 
and stick a small piece of cloth over it. After 
the paint is thoroughly dry, apply two more 
coats of paint, and you will have a bucket 
that will last for years. 

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Home-Made Rake. 

Take a piece of two 
by three, 15 inches long 
and bore holes with 
brace and small bit ev- 
ery two inches apart, 
using twenty penny nails. Nail small strip 
over top of rake to keep the nails from work- 
ing loose and coming out. For handle ^Uw^'^ 
an old broom handle. 




Camp Fire Cooking. 




Use an old piece of gas pipe about 36 inches 
jlong, and drive into the ground to support 
j^i^ire holders. Use No. 6 wire. 

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Imitation Sea Breeze. 




Place shallow pan containing a saturated 1 
solution of salt before your electric fan; with 
fan tilted so air blows into the water. 



Safe Way to Carry Pish Hooks. 




Take an empty shot gun shell and fit cork 
in the end as shown in cut. 

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Envelope and Stamp Moistener. 




Cut a sponge to fit a small medicine bottle 
or vial as shown in cut. Pill with water and 
you will find that it will answer every purpose. 

To Remove Cork Prom Bottle Containing Car- 
bonated Drinks. 




Make pad by folding cowel eight times. 
Place the pad on the t,able and strike bottle 
with repeated ^lows at shown in cut 



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Simple Protection for Sills From Rot 

Any sills that are ex- 
posed to dampness can 

be covered with asphalt ^/ 
roofing and same will / 
prevent the sill from 
decaying. 

Leaks Around Chimneys. 

Leaks around chimneys may be stopped 
with a paste made of tar mixed with road 
dust. It should be applied to the shingles, 
where they join the chimney, so as to form 
a collar, throwing the water well onto the 
shingles. 

An Auger Stop. 



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Stop is made of a piece of common pipe, that 
slips over the bit as shown in cut. It is a good 
idea to have on hand some six or eight dif- 
ferent lengths of pipe so as to be able at all 
times to bore hole any desired depth. You 
can never bore a hole too deep when xising 
this stop. 

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To Prevent Ink From Corroding Pen Points. 




Place broken pen points in the well. Same 
; will destroy all acids and overcome the trouble. 




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Use an old discarded washstand, sawing out 
the drawers as shown in cut. Easy to make 
and saves the cost of buyinsr a new ane;. 

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Home-Made Hose Nozzle. 




An easy spray can be made by bringing into 
use a piece of triangular shaped galvanized 
wire netting as shown in cut 

To Make Whitewash Stick 

And at the same time to prevent it from 
cracking, add tv^o and one-half ounces pure 
sodium chloride to every gallon. Be sure and 
get the pure sodium chloride or else it v^ill 
not come out a clear v^hite. 

Home-Made Carpet Beater. 



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Here is one of the best carpet beaters one 
can possibly use; it is easy to make and will 
last for years. Take an old broom handle 
about 12 to 14 inches long and trim handle 
down to fit the hose, and then tack it in place 
to prevent slipping out. Use any old piece of 
"hose 18 to 20 inches ^'^g. 

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Shade for an Electric Light Globe. 

Place a piece of 
tin foil on one-half 
of the globe as 
shown in cut. An- 
swers every pur- 
pose and costs nothing, as you can get the foil 
at any grocery store for the asking. 
Home-Made Buttonhole Cutter. 





Take a piece of wood the width you want 
button holes made, lay the cloth over it, and 
cut with sharp knife. You will find that it 
will cut the cloth neater than with a pair of 
scissors. 

Easy Way to Keep Buttons on Overalls. 



When the button tears out ol 
the goods, simply bend wire as 
shown in cut on the back side 
and you will no longer be worried 
with the button coming out. 

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Printiiig Monograms on Fruit. 

From an anony m o u s 
source we get the following 
very simple method of doing 
a trick that to the uninitiat- 
ed will seem to border on 
the marvelous : 

Monograms, initial letters, 
or other designs, can be printed on such fruit 
as apples, pears or peaches by the action of 
i:he sun, with very pretty effect of either a 
light or dark color. To do this, draw the 
monogram, letter or design on a piece of writ- 
ing paper, and paste it with mucilage or glue 
upon the side of the fruit exposed to the sun 
ju^t before the fruit begins to color. When 
the fruit is ripe, and the paper is removed, the 
design will appear in a lighter or different 
color to the rest of the fruit ; as, for instance, 
if the experiment is tried on a yellow-fleshed 
peach with a red cheek, the design will appear 
in gold, surrounded with red. If the opposite 
effect is intended, take a small oval or circu- 
lar piece of paper, and cut out or pierce the 
letter or design in it, and paste on the fruit, 
which, when ripe, will have the design in high 
color on a yellow or on a light green ground 
of the shape of the piece of paper, and this 
again will be surrounded by the brighter color 
of the fruit. 

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Home-Made Bottle Opener. 




Use knife and fork as shown in cut. Easy 
to handle and does the work. 



Home-Made Lemon Squeezer. 




Cut two boards into the shape of a paddle; 
have them 3 inches wide and one-half inch 
thick and 18 inches long. Bore two holes in 
one end as shewn in cut and run wire through 
and twist the two ends together. This squeezer 
can be used for any kind of fruit. 

Paint Spots from Clothing. — Saturate with 
equal parts turpentine and spirits of ammonia. 

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To i^event Breaking of Dishes When Washing. 




Cut a small piece of rubber hose and slip 
over the faucet. 



Home-Made Rack for Tools. 




Saw six inches into a 1 by 12 board, making 
a slot as shown in cut; slots to be every six 
to eight inches apart. 

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Tightening a Curtain Pole. 



laisiAllJJlUum, 




Use a common table fork as shown in cut 
Kitchen Convenience. 




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Make a fonr ply pad of white canton flannel, 
and cut a slit to accommodate the hand &£ 
shown in cut. 



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A Homemade Broom Holder 

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Bend a piece of number 
eight or ten wire as shown 
in cut and tack on wall or 
door. 



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Removing Grease from Paint. 

A good and cheaply applied method is to 
rub the painted surface with a paste of ordi- 
nary whiting. This is allowed to dry and 
when it is rubbed off with a cloth the dirt 
and grease is taken away with it. Whiting 
is cheap and can be purchased at any drug 
store. 





To Fit Large Cork in Bottle. 



If you have not a cork small 
enough to fit the bottle, a very 
good substitute can be made in 
the follov/ing manner ; slit with 
pocket knife as shown in cut. 



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Handy Pin Cushion. 




Sew piece of elastic to a small pin cushion 
to fit the wrist as shown in cut. 



Easy Way to Remove Splint^^^ 




Take a common steel pen point and press 
it down on the flesh about one-third of z.n 
inch away from the splint t, then push it or 
over and catch the splinter jetween the point: 
as shown in cut. 



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Home-Made Swing Made of Common Chair. 




Use one half inch rope 
and tie as shown in cut. 
Makes a nice porch or 
lawn swing. 



Fresh Tomatoes the Year 'Round* 

Freshly gathered tomatoes, packed in dry 
salt, in an earthen jar, it is said, will keep 
almost indefinitely. 



Home-Made Burglar Proof Lock. 

To prevent a burglar i> 
from turning the key with 
his plyers, bend a heavy 
piece of metal in the 
shape of a hair pin like 
che cut shown. 




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Planting Early Seeds. 




Plant in egg shells filled with dirt, when 
seeds are up, replant egg shells in the ground 
without distn filing the roots. 

Pretty Settee for a Lawn. 
















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Use an old discarded wood or iron settee, 
and allow hedge to grow through it, trim from 
time to time, and it will only be a matter of 
a season or two before you will have some- 
thing that is very useful as well as ornamental. 



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To Keep Cork Out of the Way. 




When you push the cork 
down into the medicine 
by mistake, use an old 
hairpin as shown in cut 
and notice how easily the 
contents will pour out af- 
ter that. 



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Easy Way to Lower Window. 




Out an old mop stick the length of sash; 
fasten stick to top sash with a snuall staple, 
fusing small screw eye in end of stick. 



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Iron Rest. 




Drive small flat-headed nails in the board. 
A Sleeping Bag. 




Double an ordinary blanket 3Jid pin np one 
side and the bottom with large horse blanket 
pins. 

55 



For Neighbor's Hen*. 




Take some kernels of corn. With a darn- 
ing luvdle bore a hole m each of them, tie a 
string about 12 inches long to them. On the 
other end tie a common shipping tag, en which 
is written: "We are at ne^'ghbor Jones'; their 
chickens are locked up, but we had lots of fan 
scratching out the sweet corn and other nice 
seeds in his newly-made garden.*' Now throw 
this corn w^here the chickens w'U get it; they 
will swallow the corn, but not the tag. The 
owner of the poultry will see the tag, and read 
it. The novelty of the warning will, if any- 
thing, cause him to keep his poultry at home, 
and save you much annoyance. 



Liiesi — Mildew. 

May be restore.^ by soaping the spots while 
wet, covering ihem with fine chalk scraped 
to powder, and rubbing it well in. 

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To Insert Rod in Curtains. 






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Place tip of an old glove on the end of the 
rod. You will find that this will save you 
time and worry. 

Home-Made Stamp. 

A very good substitute for 
a rubber stamp can be made 
in the following manner: 
First draw the letter or let- 
ters desired and paste same 
on the small end of a com- 
mon bottle, cork and cut the letters out with 
a sharp knife as shown in cut. 

Home-Made Tack Puller. 





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Take a round headed bolt and file a V shape 
notch in it and screw the bolt into any old 
wooden handle, and you will not only have 
a very durable tack puller, but the best that 
is made. 

57 



Wood Soles for Damp Floors. 



Cut piece of board 
about the size of the 
shoes, tack straps on as 
is shown in cut. 




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Taking Capsules. 

Take a spoonful of thick milk or cream, put 
the capsule in center of it and cover with milk 
or cream. Then swallow it as though it were 
only milk. 



To Mend a Pot Cover. 




Use empty spool ,and start screw from un- 
der side of the cover -.up into the spool. . 



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Bottle Indicator for Medicine. 

Paste a strip of paper around 
neck of bottle. Print numbers 
from 1 to 12. If necessary to 
give the medicine on the half 
hour why place dot between. 
Stick pin in cork as shown in 
cut, and move around to the time when the 
next dose is to be given. Try it and be con- 
vinced. 

Cake Pan Bottom of Glass. " 



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Cut the bottom of the pan out, leaving 
enough of an edge for the glass bottom to rest 
on. Out glass to fit bottom. You will find 
it easy to keep clean and will enable one to 
examine the cake when baking. 



59 



Home-Made Pockets for Spools. 




Made out of any kind of heavy cloth, and 
with as many pockets for thread as may be 
desired. Easy to make and inexpensive. 

Secret Drawer. 




Can be built in a step in the stairs with very 
little trouble and at a very smalJ cost. 

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Reiroving Grease Spots from the Floor. 

Sprinkle unslaked lime on the grease spots, 
cover with coarse brown paper and iron with 
a very hot iron. It is well to let the iron 
stand on the spots a few minutes. 



A Handy Pocket to Hang on Foot of Bed, 





A njseful receptacle for an invalid, to be 
made of demin, linen or any heavy material 
afi shown in cut. 



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Home-Made Anti-Rattler for Window. 



Break one prong of 
a common clothes pin. 
Easy thing to do and 
will overcome the trou- 
ble. 



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A Good Kitchen Chair. 




HJinge arms on as shown in cut. Very lit- 
tle trouble to make, and the busy housewife 
will find it a great convenience, 

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To S^axate Glasses When Stuck Togeth«f. 




Set glasses In a pan of warm water and pour 
cold water in the top glass. 



Homemade "Flower Stand. 



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Use four clothes hooks as shown in cut 
Easy to jy^.^^^ -^nd inexpensive. 

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Home-Mcde Hammock. 




Take twenty-five or thirty old barrel staves 
and bore two haif-inch holes in each end of 
the staves, running wire through as shown in 
cut. 

Homemade Book Rack. 







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Cut a piece of galvanized iron, or heavy tin, 
as shown in cut No. 1. Bend the two pieces 
VIS per dotted lines. Size of iron to be 15x7. 

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Good Thing to Know. 




When you are 
having trouble m 
sand, bring into ex- 
ecution a stout rope 
wound around tires 
of rear wheels as 
show^n in cut. 



Smell of Paint — To Remove. 

To get rid of the smell of oil paint, place a 
handful of hay in a pailful of water and let It 
stand in the room newly painted. 




Protecting Trees. 



Take six sheets of old 
new^spaper and tie with 
cord at foot of young trees 
as shown in cut. Do not 
use tar paper, as it will 
scald the bark. 



65 



Best Way to Put on Roofing. 




Better wear and pro- 
tection is given by set- 
ting the roofing so that 
it has an overhang at the 
edges of the roof instead 
of being nailed solidly 
A/ev.^ ^AKY along the edges which 

causes the water to be thrown clear of the 
edge. 



Home-Made Shoe Polisher. 




Made from an old barrel hoop and a piece 
of flannel or felt. Easy to make and an- 
swers every purpose. 

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Growing Green Stuff for Chickens. 




In back yards where chickens are con- 
fined green food may be grown if protected 
by a frame covered with poultry netting. 
Size of frame eight feet wide and twelve to 
fomteen feet long. Plant any of the fol- 
lowing: Wheat, oats, barley, rape, clover 
or alfalfa. 



Home-Made Shoe Cleaner. 




Take three old brushes and nail them to 
step as shown in cut. 

67" 



Shovel With a Shoe Guard. 




Take a piece of 
old gas pipe and 
saw it open on one 
side, and by spread- 
ing it properly and 
springing it onto 
the shovel blade 
you will find it will 
remain in place. 



Kitchen Chopping Board, 




A very use- 
ful article for 
the kitchen 
and e as ily 
made, requir- 
ing a piece of 
hard wood, :i 
i pointed kitch- 
ten knife and a 
large staple. 



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To Clean Coat Collars. 




Use spoonful ot 
ammonia in 
which enough 
salt has been put 
to make it a 
mushy mixture. 
You will find that it will remove all discolor- 
ations. This is very poisonous if taken in- 
ternally. 



A Good Feed Hopper. 




Easy to make and inexpensive, and saver> 
you both time and money. 



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Selling to Automobilists. 



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The farmer can 
work up a very 
profitable businesy3 
with passing motor- 
ists by erecting a 
signboard where 
two automobile 
highways cross. 



Economical Poultry Fence. 




Use the present fence you have and run a 
24-inch wide poultry netting at top as shown 
in cut. Answers every purpose and means a 
saving of two-thirds in cost. 



70 



To Conserve Heat. 

Use an old kitchen tank, 
and have the plumber to cut 
a hole the size of a stove, 
pipe in one side of the toj> 
and a similar hole in the op- 
posite side of the bottom. 
Set the boiler upstairs di- 
rectly over the stove on the 
first floor. Run pipe through 
the floor and up through the 
boiler nearly to the top. 
Start your second pipe near 
the bottom (as the cut 
shows) and run clean on up 
to the chimney. Put in a 
damper above the top of the 
tank to control the draft. As 
a safeguard, use a burnt clay pipe crock 
around the pipe that runs through the floor 
to protect yourself from fires. 

Scorched Food- 

Will not be injured if the pan containing 
the food is set at once in a basin of cold 
water for a little while. 




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To Remove Splinters From Hand. 




Pill a wide mouth bottle 
nearly full of hot water. 
Place injured part over the 
mouth and press it slightly. 
Action of the steam will ex- 
pose the splinter. 



To Prevent Eggs Sticking. 

Eggs will not sink to the bottom of the pan 
and stick when poaching, if the pan or other 
vessel is greased before pouring in the w^ater. 

To Make Healthy Hogs. 

Use the following 
mixture: One bushel 
of soft coal, one 
bushel of ashes, 
eight pounds of salt, 
four pounds of sul- 
phur, four pounds of air-slacked lime and 
two pounds of copperas. All ingredients ex- 
cept the copperas are mixed together. Dis- 
solve copperas in warm water and add to 
the mixture. 




72 



To Keep Milk and Butter Cool. 

All you need is a box 
and a jar or crock with 
a cover to it. Set the 
crock in the box and 
pack sand around it, and 
keep the sand moist at 
all times. You will find the milk and butter 
will keep better than in a refrigerator. 





To Clean Aluminum Ware. 

Dissolve 2 ounces 
of lump of ammonia 
in one quart of wa- 
ter; 2 ounces of salt 
of tartar in one 
quart of water and 
a 15-cent can of potash in two quarts of boil- 
ing water. After all is dissolved mix as fol- 
lows: First add the potash and ammonia 
together, then the salt of tartar and boil the 
whole mixture for forty minutes. Put a 
small quantity in the vessel to be cleaned 
on the stove and let it boil five minutes and 
then rinse out thoroughly. 



73 



Making Shoe Lace Tips, 




Use fine wire and twist around the shoe 
string as shown in cut. 



Convenient Coal Bin, 




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To prevent 
coal running 
out of a bin on 
the floor make 
an opening in 
front as per 
cut shown. 



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Cramps in Your Legs When in Bed- 
In order to over- 
come the trouble of 
getting out of bed on 
a cold night to relieve 
yourself of cramps in 
your legs, bend your 
toes back as far as possible as shown in cut. 




Easy Way to Stretch Shoes. 




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Pack damped oats in the shoes, 
dry out before removing. 



Leave oats 



75 




To Keep Crease in Hat. 

Use a common pa- 
per clipper as shown 
in cut. Try it and note 
the difference. 



Bending Sewing Needles. 

Sometimes a needle is wanted for sewing 
shoes or harness. A straight needle may be 
bent by taking the temper out of it by heat- 
ing it in a gas or lamp flame. After it is 
bent into the shape desired, the temper may 
be restored by again heating and placing it 
while hot in a bath of water or oil. 



To Prevent Peanuts From Scorching. 



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Spread one-half inch 
of sand on bottom of 
oven, putting peanuts 
on the sand. Not only 
roast better, but if stirred 
every now and then will 
never burn. 



To Prevent Mold in Library. 




A few drops of lav- 
ender will save a li- 
brary from mold ; a 
single drop will save a 
pint of ink. 



Bird Houses. 




Use flower pots, break holes in the bottom 
large enough to allow birds to enter. Take 
No. 6 wire and pull tight around the pots 
with a pair of pincers. Staple the wire to 
the board as shown in cut. 



77 



Threading a Darning Needle. 




Double the thread and 
pass through the eye and 
pull the yarn through as 
shown in cut. 



To Adjust Drop Light to Height Desired. 




Saw slits from opposite sides just large 
enough to admit wire. This will enable you 
to raise or lower the light to any length de- 
sired. 

78 



Home-Made Powder Lice Remedy. 



One of the cheapest 
lice powders for poul- 
try is made by mixing 
three parts of gasoline 
and one part crude 
carbohc acid with as 
much plaster Paris as 
the liquid will moisten. Allow the powder to 
dry before using. The powder is inflam- 
mable and must be kept away from fire. 




To Prevent Horses Gnawing on Stalls. 

Melt up some tal- 
low and apply with 
rag on place where 
they have been 
gnawing. Do this 
every evening for a 
week's time, and 
you will break them 
of the habit. 




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To Mend a Lead Pipe With Cement. 



Place about two- 
thirds of a cup of ce- 
ment on a cloth and 
tie it around the pipe. 
The leak will dampen 
the cement and will 
close up the leak. Re- 




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move the piece of cloth after cement sets. 



Improvement on Doubletrees. 

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To avoid sudden shocks that will come 
when wagon is heavily loaded and on rough 
roads, if you will bring into use a common 
old buggy spring and bolt same as shown 
in cut to doubletree, it will save your team 
from sore shoulders. 



80 




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Good Fish Scaler. 

In your hurry to 
get away, if you dis- 
cover afterw^ards that 
the handy curry comb 
has been left behind, 
a few Coca-Cola bottle caps 
tacked on a block of wood three or four 
inches wide. Easy to make and does the 
work. 

Nails in Hard Timber. 

- To prevent nails from bending when being 

driven into hard timber, pour hot tallow over 

them, and w^hen they cool you can drive them 

into the hardest of posts. 



To Get Bucket Out of Well 




Tie claw hammer 
to rope, which gives 
you a good grab 
hook and you will 
encounter very little 
trouble in fishing the 
bucket out. 



81 



Home-Made Chimney Cleaner. 



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You can make a very satisfactory lamp 
chimney cleaner out of number eight wire, 
twenty-four inches long by bending it as 
shown in cut. 

Curing Horses from Interfering. 

Have the inside calk of the shoe larger 
than the outside and pare the outside of the 
foot lower. This will cause the pastern joint 
to be thrown out and prevent the other foot 
from striking. 



Easy Way to Break Kindling. 

Make post sta- 
tionary and saw 
a notch about 10 
inches deep, ta- 
pering two and 
one-half inches 
on the outside to 
inch at the bot- 
tom as is shown 
in cut. 




82 




To Keep Birds Out of Garden. 

^ v- ^ Hang up a 

mirror on a 
line and the re- 
flection when 
it swings 
around will run 
the birds off. 

Cure for Colic in Horses. 

Pict into a long neck bottle a pint of warm 
milk, into which has been dissolved three 
heaping teaspoonfuls of cooking soda. Drench 
the horse with this. Repeat in about ten min- 
utes if necessary. This is said to be a very 
effective remedy. 

To Cure Neuralgia. 

Take the 
white of an 
egg and 
spread it on 
a piece of 
soft cotton 
cloth, sprinkle pure ground black pepper 
over it until it is almost black, then bind it 
to the affected parts. When the trouble is 
in the head bind it on the temple. 

83 




Steppiing Stones to the Barn. 

Make mold out 
of box, fill same 
with mixture of 
cement and sand 
and when cement 
becomes hard, 




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set stones level with the ground eighteen 
inches apart. You will find they will last for 
years. 



Corners for Chest. 




Any chest that is heavy and much han- 
dled can be strengthened by i^inforcing the 
corners with common strap hinges as shown 
in cut. 



84 



Weight for Holding Team of Horses. 

A good weight car be made 
by filling and emptying lard 
bucket with cement, and at 
the same time sticking into 
the cement when wet a com- 
mon old horseshoe. When the 
cement sets it will be impossible to pull the 
horsesho-e out. 




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Tempering Lamp Chimneys. 

If lamp chimneys are put in cold water ana 
the vessel containing them is placed over a 
fire and the water brought to a boil, the 
glass in the chimneys will be tempered so 
that they are much less liable to break. 



To Lubricate a Door Lock, 




Scrape off a 
quantity of lead 
from some lead 
pencils, and blow 
into the lock 
through keyhole. 



Easy Way to Keep Saw From Falling When 
Standing on EncL 

File two small teeth like 
shown in cut, the blade should 
be filed off square at the end 
and at right angles to a line on 
the center of gravity. The 
teeth are then formed by filing 
away sufficient metal on the 
blade. Saw fixed in this way 
will stand in almost any place 
or position. 




Sanitary Fount 




Turn faucet upside down with a wrench. 

86 



To Eliminate Vibration. 

In order to over- 
come the vibratioii 
of the metal horn 
when playing a 
phonograph, buckle 
a shawl strap 
around the center 
of the horn as 
shown in cut. 




To Keep Wagon Tires Tight. 
Soak the rims in boiling coal tar. Allow 
them to become thoroughly saturated. After 
soaking the felloes thus, paint the whole 
wheel with hot tar. 



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Home-Made Mouse Trap. 

Use piece of 
an old bicycle 
tire and a glass 
fruit jar. Stick 
one end of the 
tire into the 
mouse hole. No 
need of using 
bait in jars. 

87 




Home-Made Barometer. 



Put into a clean white 
glass bottle a small quan- 
tity of pulverized alum and 
fill the bottle with alcohol. 
In clear weather the liquid 
will be perfectly clear, but 
on the approach of rain the 
alum will be visible at the 
bottom of the bottle in a spiral, cloudy form, 
gradually clouding the whole bottle. 




Good Saddle. 




Use a pair of old 
stirrups and a wide 
strap, with a nar- 
row strap for the 
belly-band. 



88 




Prevents Glue Bottle Stopper From Sticking. 

When a bottle of 
glue has been opened, 
rub fat of some kind, 
such as cold cream or 
lard on the stopper be- 
fore inserting it back 
in the bottle, then the 
cork will not be glued 

to the bottle. The fat excludes the air. 

Cutting Loaf Bread 

Cut through the center, then cut slices from 
the center toward the ends. The two cut 
surfaces can be placed together, excluding 
the air and keeps the bread fresh. 

Heating Water for Scalding Hogs. 

Use a molasses 
barrel; bore two 1- 
inch holes. One hole 
inch and half from 
the bottom, the 
other nine inche^^ 
above it on a line. 
Have the pipe pro- 
jecting oiit five feet, using elbows and 
unions as shown in cut. 




89 



Easy Way to Cut Bottle In Half. 




Wet two pieces of pa- 
per and wrap them about 
the bottle, allowing a 
space between as shown 
in cut. Nick the glass 
carefully with a file and 
use hot flame on the 



space between the two pieces of paper. 



To Make Powerful Screwd 



river. 




Heat and bend a long- 
shank screwdriver, as 
you will soon discover it 
is indispensabte when 
forcing home a very 
tight screw. 



99 



Paper Funnel, 




Bottles having small 
necks are hard to fill with- 
out spilling the liquid. Here 
is a simple funnel made out 
of a small piece of writing 
paper. 



Home-Made Clothespin. 



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Take a common 
piece of number eight 
galvanized wire and 
bend it around a 
broom handle, as per 
cut. 



91 



To Prevent Mold in Safes. 




Place a small lump of 
camphor in the safe, the 
accumulation of mold upon 
money, papers and books 
will be prevented. 



To Drive a Cow. 

An unruly cow may sometimes be more 
easily driven if a short piece of chain is tied 
to one of her front legs. When she attempts 
to run the chain thrashes the other legs. 
She soon discovers the reason and walks. 



Plants That Prevent Malaria. 

The atmosphere in damp 
residential districts may be 
greatly improved if the 
laurel and sunflower ai'e 
grown. It is claimed that 
the laurel gives off an 
abundance of ozone and 
sunflower destroys the ma- 
larial condition of the atmosphere. 




92 



Keep Shoe Strings Tied. 




Punch hole in the tongue 
and tie the bow as shown in 
cut. 



A Househald Salve. 

A good salve for family use is made by 
melting together equal parts of beeswax, tal- 
low, rosin and camphor ^um. 



To Hold Cattle When Dehorning. 

Use a lock gate 
for holding. Drivt? 
animal to the gate 
and just as passes 
his head in, pull the 
rope against^ his 
neck. Have gate 
made of strong tim- 
ber. 




Easy Way to Draw Staples. 




You can draw a sta- 
ple without bending it 
out of shape by using 
nail as shown in cut. 



To Remove Cake From a Pan. 

Set the pan, while very hot, immediately 
on taking it from the oven, on a damp cloth, 
and allow it to stand for a few minutes. It 
will then leave the pan without sticking to 
its sides. 



Home-Made Garden Tool. 




An old bicycle 
frame can easily 
be made into a 
hand plow as 
shown cut. 



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To Flavor a Watermelon. 

First thread a 
needle with cotton 
itxTRAcrly^ thread and run the 
needle through the 
stem that runs 
from the melon to the vine. Use any flavor 
of extract you wish, having the cotton 
thread to run down through the cork of the 
bottle. Cut a V in the cork so as to enable 
the extract to pass out freely. 




Easy Way to Clean a Gun. 

Wipe out your gun with a rag that is soak- 
ed with mercurial ointment. It will not only 
prevent the rusting of same, but will loosen 
whatever lead there may be in the barrels. 



To Fry Bacon. 

By cutting 
the skin on 
slices of bacon 
when frying you 
will overcome 

all trouble of having the strips curl up as 

they do at times. 

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A Good Rat Guard- 



Make a few 
disks from the 
bottoms of old to- 
mato cans, string 
them on the cord 
or wire upon 
which the articles are hung. Result is when 
Mr. Rat attempts to climb over the disks 
they will turn and throw him off. 




Folding Tomato Vine Arbor. 




Is made of laths 
and number eight 
wire and makes an 
ideal support for 
your tomatoes. Af- 
ter the season is 
over with, fold up 
and save until next 
season. 



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Prevent Screws From Working Out. 



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On account of the jar 
in closing, screws in 
hinges on screen doors 
will work loose and inva- 
riably fall on the floor. A 
flat spring wire placed 
in the slots of the screw 
heads and soldered will 
overcome this trouble. 



Home-Made Cradle for Baby. 

Made out of 
a piece of one- 
quarter inch 
round iron 
and a clothes 
basket as 
shown in cut. 
A piece of mosquito netting thrown over 
the rod will keep fhes out of the cradle. 




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Noiseless Cover on Slop Jar. 



To overcome the noise 
made when replacing 
the cover on a slop jar, 
take a piece of seven- 
eighths rubber tubing 
and split it open on one 

side, then slip it over the edge of the top as 

shown in cut. 




Prevent Stock Being Killed by Lightning- 




Abo ut every 
quarter of a 
mile run wires 
over the barb- 
ed wire and in- 
to the ground 
as shown in 
cut. 



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Testing Leather Belting. 

Place a small 
strip in strong vine- 
gar. The only 
change in a good 
piece of leather will 
be it will turn a bit darker. A poor grade of 
leather will quickly swell; in fact, become a 
gelatinous mass. 

Home-Made Nut Cracker. 





Bore holes of various sizes about one-half 
inch deep into a block of wood as shown in 
cut. 



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To Open a Pocket Knife. 




Grind a notch 
in the handle as 
shown in the cut, 
thereby overcom- 



ing any risk of breaking a finger nail. 



To Prevent Wasting of Feed. 




Make box five feet square, corner posts 
out of two by fours, five feet high, saw on 
the four sides as shown in cut. You will 
find it will prevent the cattle from wasting 
by tramping the fodder under foot, and will 
save you many dollars in a year's time. 

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Home-Made Mouse Trap. 

Take a piece or 
cheese and put it in 
thimble, use a cup 
and balance it on 
thimble and when the mouse nibbles the 
cheese in the thimble the cup will fall and 
make him a prisoner. 




Home-Made Brooder. 




Cut an old sugar barrel half in two, lines 
inside with paper or old flannel cloth ; at bot- 
tom cut holes as shown in cut. Chicks can 
be kept perfectly warm by placing a stone 
jug of boihng water inside. Jug should be 
refilled with hot water twice per day. 

101 



Removing Old Wall Paper. 



A good way to do this 
is to make a solution of 
paste or flour in water 
and add a few ounces 
of baking soda and ap- 
ply freely. You will dis- 
cover in a few moments' time that the paper 
can be removed without any trouble. 




Seedless Watermelon. 




Pile dirt over one of the runners as shown 
in cut and in due time the vine wil] take root 
under the pile of dirt; then clip the vine, 
thereby making a separate and distinct vine 
from the original vine. The fi]'st melon may 
not come seedless, but others will. 



102 



Home-Made Egg Separator. 



First bend wires like 
those at bottom of 
cut. Cut the can and 
bend the tin down. 
Punch holes to receive 
the wires through the 
back side of the can. 
Make holes so the 
wires will be four-six- 
teenths of an inch apart. 




Easy Way to Pop Corn, 







Drench the pop corn in water before plac- 
ing over the fire and every grain will pop. 



103 



Home-Made Post Puller. 




All you .need is 
•crowbar,block of wood 
and pick and drive 
pick in post as shown 
in cut. 



Good Coat Hanger. 




When traveling on a train, hang on a lead 
pencil, place over two or more of the bars in 
rack overhead as shown in cut. 



104 



To Prevent Tire Punctures. 



Attach a piece 
of flat chain to 
the front forlv 
so that it will 
lay flat on the 
tire and you will 
find all small 
pieces of giass will be pulled off as soon as 
they come in contact with the chain. 




Window Lock. 



Attached to the window sash by means of 
a screw and is placed just far enough away 
from the window casing so that the edges 
of the outside circle will engage firmly 
against it, but will not allow the catch to 
pass the center. 



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Screen Door Spring. 




Bend a piece of 
steel spring wire into 
the shape shown in 
cut. When more 
strength is desired use 
three or more on a 
door. 



Raismg Dents in Wood. 

Frequently when hammering on finely fin- 
jihed wood, the hammer may glance and make 
[I bad imprint; such imprint may be moved 
t>y pouring enough wood alcohol in the dent 
tCf cover it. Then light the alcohol and allow 
it <o burn ouL The heat will expand the 
spot iiti^. cf'A be planed and made smooth. 



Mendi/ng Paper Pulp Buckets or Pans. 

These can be 
easily mended with 
adhesive tape, and 
three coats of paint 
will make the buck- 
et almost as good 
as new. 




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Picking Small Fruit. 




To pick figs or other 
small fruit cut down a 
bamboo cane, split the top 
as shown in cut. 



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Home-Made Brooder. 

Use a box and 
hang inside an 
old feather duster 
so that the tips 
of the feathers 
will almost touch 
the floor of the 
box. Box should not be over fourteen inches 
high. For ventilation, bore a few holes in 
the side of the box near the top. 




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Finding Keyhole at Night. 




Paste a piece of paper over the lock as 
shown in cut. 



Drawing Water From a Well. 




While the full one 
is being raised the 
empty one is going 
down, result is noth- 
ing, but the water is 
being lifted, as the 
two buckets counter- 
balance one another. 

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Prevent Bridle Slipping. 

To prevent horse 
slipping bridle, do 
away with band No. 1 
and put in a new one, 
extending back to fig- 
ure No. 3. 




Trapping Bumble Bees. 

Take a one-gallon jug and fill half full of 
water, leaving out the cork; set near nest. 
Throw stones or clods of dirt at the nest till 
the bees come out around the jug, and see 
how quickly a whole colony will crawl into 
the jug and get drowned. Set the jug neai 
entrance or door. 

Home-Made Mouse Trap. 

Cut the top of an old to- 
mato can into fourths 
bend the four ends in- 
ward, leaving a hole 
about five-eighths of an 
inch in diameter in the 
center. Mouse can go in 
the can but can't get 
out. 

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One-Man Saw Handle. 




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Made from a forked 
branch of a tree, gives 
the workman better con- 
trol over the saw. One 
man can use it and do 
nearly as much work as 
with a helper. 



Killing Lice on Animals. 

Take equal parts of coal oil and lard. Mix 
and add a very small quantity of carbolic acid. 
Rub on the animal, not all over, but in spots. 
The vermin will leave. 



Fine Comb Used as Ruling Pen. 

When you are minus 
a ruling pen, a fine- 
toothed comb will 
serve as a ruling pen. 
If you will bevel 
slightly the edges of 
the teeth that come in 
contact with the paper it will give you 
straighter edges to the lines drawn. 




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Holding Ladder on Roof. 




Use any ordina- 
ry ladder and a 
board twelve to 
fourteen feet long 
on the other side, 
Be sure and nail 
two cleats neai 
one end to provide 
a notch for a run^ 
on the ladder. 



To Attract Fish at Night. 




A simple affair to at- 
tract fish at night can 
be made by cutting a 
one-quarter-inch hole 
in the top of a pint fruit 
jar cover. Insert a piece 
of gas pipe in the hole 
and solder in to the 
cover. Run electric 
wires through the pipe. 
Get juice from pocket 
battery. 



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To Conserve Ice. 

As we all know, 
heat travels to the top. 
For that reason ice 
covering the entire 
bottom of ice box will 
last much longer than a block that projects 
high up in the box. 




To Expel Worms From Hogs. 
Take one-fourth to one-half can of con- 
centrated lye to a barrel of soaked corn, 
shorts or slop. Your wormy, coughing 
stunted animals will soon make a wonderful 
change for the better. 

Tunning Leaves of Book. 




In turning leaves of a book or running 
through a bunch of papers, use a few rub- 
ber bands arounds tips of fingers, as shown 
in cut. 



112 



Prevent Kettle From Boiling Over. 




If the kettle in which 
syrup is being boiled is 
greased with lard two 
inches down from the top 
it will not boil over. 



She^>— To Prevent Jumping Fences. 

Clip off the eyelashes of the under lids with 
a pair of scissors. The animal will not at- 
tempt a fence again until the eye-lashes arc 
g^rown. 




For the Milk Man 



To always have the milk or 
bread ticket ready when the 
man comes, simply tack up 
on the side of the door or 
window an old worn out 
mouse trap. 



113 



Safe Way to Ship Baby Chicks. 

The great loss in ship- 
ping chicks is due to a 
lack of ventilation. To 
overcome this build 
wooden frame around 
the box which prevents crowding of other 
packages against it while in transit. Nail 
stick across the top to be used as a handle. 




Removing a Bug Out of the Ear. 

A bug in the ear is a very painful sensa- 
tion. A lighted match held close to the ear 
will frequently cause the bug to come out. If 
convenient, a candle is better, and an elec- 
tric light is still better. Sweet oil poured in 
the ear is a good remedy. It is very healing 
to the wound that the bug is so apt to leave. 



Mole Trap. 




Sink a half gallon 
jar into the ground 
level with the 
ground. See cut. 



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Home-Made Broom Holder. 




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Made out of number 
eight wire with a few sta- 
ples. Easy to make and 
very durable. 



To Prevent Crows Eating Com. 

Corn to be used for seed, if mixed in the 
proportion of four quarts of corn to one table- 
spoonful of coal tar, and them dried in ashes 
to prevent sticking to the hands when being 
planted, will not be troubled by birds or 
worms. 

Preserving a Paint Brush. 



Place your brushes in a 
can th^t is partly filled 
with water. Add one inch 
of kerosene oil to prevent 
the evaporation of water. 




115 



A Good Pipe Stand 
Pipes must be 
kept in an upright 
position to over- 
come the spilling of 
ashes. Make your- 
self a stand out ol 
a small piece of sheet metal as shown in cut, 
thereby overcoming all criticisms from the 
"good little housewife." 

Cleaning Cellar of Fleas. 





When everything else fails, get some 
strong creosote and use as shown in cut, or 
place a pan partly filled with it after clos- 
ing up all doors and windows. (Before do- 
ing this take the dog out of the cellar.) 



116 



Home-Made Key. 




One can make a 
very good key at home 
by flattening a 20-pen- 
ny nail and filing it 
down as shown in cut. 



Filling for Pin Cushions. 

Coarse coffee grounds, washed and thor- 
oughly dried, make an ideal filling for pin 
cushions. They do not absorb moisture, and 
pins and needles will not rust if stuck in such 
a cushion. 

An Accessible Telepihone. 

A phone that can be 
used upstairs as well 
as down, thereby sav- 
ing one many steps 
can be made by in- 
stalling a small dumb- 
waiter as shown in 
cut. In this built-in 
box both phones are 
stationed, the cord attachment being mid- 
way between the two floors. 




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Cement Poultry Pan 

.. Turn an old pie 
or cake pan upside 
down in a wooden' 
box and after mix- 
ing your cement pour it over the pan and 
don't disturb until cement has set. You 
will have a feeding pan that will wear for 
years. 




Ho me- Made Filter. 

Make out of an 
ordinary flower pot 
that is eight to ten 
inches in diameter 
at the top. Stop up 
the hole in the bot- 
tom of the pot with 
a sponge which 
must fit in tight. 
First put in a layer 
of charcoal two and one-half inches deep, 
then a layer of clean sand and then a layer 
of coarse gravel three and one-half inches 
deep on top. Clean the filter from time to 
time, so as to keep it absolutely clean at all 
times. 




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Another Fruit Jar Opener. 




Take a small leather strap and screw 
same to an old broom handle, making strap 
the proper size to accommodate the cover. 



Substantial Gate. 



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Bend piece of old pipe into the shape of 
the letter N. Cover gate with wire netting 
and hang with wire hooks with staples fitted 
into the pest. 

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Heating Water in Furnace Pipe. 




Put an eight-inch coil in 
the smoke pipe and it will 
conserve the waste heat from 
your furnace. Easy to make 
and will pay for itself in 
short while. 



Hanaie for Hose. 




Take the handle off a lard tub or an old 
bucket and bend the wire around hose as 
shown in cut. 



120 



Trace Holder. 




Tack leather strap on 
tree as shown in cut. 



To Prevent Baby From Overturning High 

Chair. 




Anchor chair by hanging a flat iron to 
lower rounds as shown in cut. 

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Dispensihg Pills- 
One will often get 
out more pills than is 
needed. To overcome 
such trouble, cut a 
small notch the size of 
the pill in the box and by raising the cover 
a little only one pill will drop out. 




Clod Crusher for Gardeners. 




Have your local blacksmith to flatten out 
an old worn out shovel and rivet 16-penny 
nails into it, as shown in cut. 

122 




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Greasing a Griddle. 

Use a turnip or 
potato cut in half. 
You will find same 
better than grease, 
as there is no 
smoke. Remember 



griddles need no greasing if a small amount 
of fat is put in the batter. 

Cure for Rattlesnake Bites. 
Common coal or kerosene oil, such as is 
used in lamps, has been found a specific for 
rattlesnake bites. Put the oil in a small cup 
or large mouth bottle and press firmly 
against the bitten place. Renew the oil every 
few minutes. 








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Boiling Eggs- 

You will find same 
boiled eggs can be re- 
moved from the shell 
more easily if a tea- 
spoon of salt is added 
to the water while 
they are boiling. 

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Live Bait When Fishing. 

Bottle up a miu- 
now in a small bot- 
tle, tying hooks at 
neck of bottle as 
shown in cut. Have 
cork of bottle 
notched so as to 
permit fresh water to enter at all times. 




For a Choking Cow- 
A cow that is choked with an apple or po- 
tato may sometimes be relieved by breaking 
a raw egg in her mouth, her head being ele- 
vated at the time. 



To Prevent Vegetables From Burning. 

An easy way to keep 
vegetables from burn- 
ing or sticking to the 
bottom of a pot is to 
place a pie plate up- 
side down in the pot, 
as shown in cut. 




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124 



To Hold Up a Gate. 

Use an old 
worn out wheel 
from a piece of 
machinery, or cut 
out a wheel from 
block of wood. 
Place it at bottom of gate as shown in cut. 




Transplanting Large Trees. 



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Make frame of four by fours and braced 
as shown in cut. Dig a small ditch around 
the tree, hitch horse to the rope and see ho\r 
easily it comes up. 

125 



Good Tooth Harrow. 

Made out of a piece 
of old flat iron and 
bend as shown in cut. 
Cut six holes on each 
side and one in the 
center. Make teeth 
five inches long, sharpening one end. 




Ridding Stock of Warts. 

Kerosene poured on the warts once a day 
will soon rid the animal of these ugly excres- 
ences. A bottle filled with kerosene, with a 
quill through the neck, will be found very 
handy for this purpose. 




Iceless Refrigerator. 

Make frame and 
cover with fly 
screen ; cover with 
burlap, leaving 
strips long enough 
to extend down hi 
the pan which is 
filled with water. 
Never allow burlap 
to dry out. 

126 



Milk Stool and Pail Holder. 

Nail your bucket on 
the front side of the 
stool which will over- 
come the trouble of hold- 
ing the pail between 
one's legs. 




Sewing Overcoat Buttons. 

If another button, of somewhat smaller size, 
is placed on the under side and the button that 
buttons is sewed to this, it will be found that 
they will not easily come off. 



Good Beehive Stand. 

Build frame 
as shown in cut 
and set posts in 
old tomato cans 
with lids cut out 
thereby prevent- 
ing ants and worms from getting into the 
hive. 




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Home-Majde Dinner Gong. 




To make a good dinner gong all that is 
needed is an old harrow disk, a bolt and a 
spring. Bolt disk loosely to the cross ami. 
See cut. 

Sure Cure for Worms in Horses. 

Put one tablespoonful of linseed oil in a 
feed of meal every day for 5 days ; will expel 
all worms. 



Cleaning Leather Furniture. 

Beat up the whites 
of four eggs and rub 
furniture well with 
flannel rag. When 
polishing black leath- 
er add a httle lamp 
black. 




128 



Plowshare for Alfalfa. 




It IS hard to plow alfalfa sod on account of 
the heavy roots. If you will grind on your 
emery wheel the edge of the plow-share like 
in cut, you will have nc trouble as the roots 
slip over the scallops and and are cut oflf 
easily. 



To Break Up Setting Hens. 

Build a coop 
out of laths 
and hang it 
up so as to 
permit air to 
circle around 
under the old hen at all times, and it will 
only be a matter of a few days when she is 
back on the job. 

129 




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Home-made Wrench. 

Made from a 
piece of bar iron 
or any old piece 
of pipe, with 




teeth filed in as shown in cut. 




How to Make Good Whitewash- 
Whitewash applied 
to the interior of 
barns and sheds will 
add greatly to the 
light in dark places. 
The United States 
government has pre- 
pared a standard for- 
mula which we give below: 

Slack one-half bushel of unslacked lime in 
boiling water, strain and add a peck of salt 
dissolved in warm water. Add also three 
pounds of ground rice boiled to a thin paste 
and one-half pound of Spanish whiting. Dis- 
solve one pound of clear glue in warm water 
and add. Mix the whole thoroughly and let 
stand for several days before using. When 
ready to apply heat thoroughly and apply as 
hot as possible. 



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Easy Way to Slice Bread. 

Mak e t r ou gh 
out of hard wood. 
Cut or saw slots 
every one-half inch 
or even closer if 
smaller slices are 
desired. 




To Prevent Lamps From Smoking. 
Soak the lamp wick in strong vinegar and 
dry thoroughly before using. It will then 
burn freely and give much satisfaction for 
the trouble taken. 

Make Meat More Tender. 

The cheap cuts 
of meats can be 
made more tender 
by brushing them 
over with a solu- 
tion of one table- 
spoon of vinegar 
and two tablespoonfuls of oil. Be sure and 
allow the meat to set for one-half hour be- 
fore cooking. 

131 





Easy Way to Make a Hasp. 

Use an old worn out 
strap hinge. Answers 
every purpose and saves 
you running to town to 
get one. 



Keeping Spools of Thread in Order. 
A very simple way of keeping the numer- 
ous spools of thread get-at-able, that so 
often litter the spool drawer of the sewing 
machine, is to 'fit into the bottom of the 
drawer a thin board, making of it a false? 
bottom. Through this drive, at regular in- 
tervals, small round two-penny nails, on end 
of which a spool may be held in its stated 
place. 



To Remove Button From Child's Nostril. 

Use a pinch of snuff, 
thereby causing violent 
sneezing, will extract 
any button from nostril 
if medical assistance is 
not at hand. 




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To Mend Broken Hose. 

Cut the hose apart 
where it is defective; 
take a piece of iron 
pipe two or three 
inches long, twist the hose over it until the 
ends meet, wrap with strong string, well 
w^axed or light wire. 




Flies and Roaches. 

Flies and roaches may be run off the prem- 
ises by using a wash for the floors and ceil- 
ings of closets, made of a very strong solu- 
tion of alum. Dissolve the alum in boihng 
water, using as much alum as the water will 
dissolve. With this solution wash the floor, 
ceiling and walls. 



Takes the Place of Wagon Rods. 

Use w o r n o u t 
horseshoes on the 
end gate and at the 
top. Shoes hang 
over the top of the 
side planks. 

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To Prevent Windows From Rattling. 

Bend a piece of sheet 
metal in the shape of a cap- 
ital A and insert same be- 
tween the sash and win- 
dow frame. 

When Eggs Are Accidentally Broken. 

Place same in a glass or cup and cover 
with cold water which will prevent them 
from drying, and you will find them as good 
as fresh when ready to use. 

To Loosen a Class Stopper. 

The cord is 
given one turn 
or loop over the 
neck of the bot- 
tle and the cord 
drawn up snug- 
ly. The bottle 
is then drawn 
quickly back 
and forth to 

make the loop pass over the neck with quite 

a friction. 






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Practical Pigeon Hopper, 



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Take some quart size buckets and cut the 
tops out as shown in cut. Tack the buckets 
on a one by six plank, having buckets ten 
inches apart. It will cut your feed bill, as 
they are unable to throw the feed out. 



Vessel for Watering Chickens. 




Use an old tomato 
can, cutting the hole 
about one and a half 
inch from the bottom 
U-shaped. 



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To Hold Gate Open. 



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Use wornout umbrella 
rod and have staples loose 
by not driving them too far 
in the fence. 



Stop Leaks Around Chimneys. 

Leaks around chim- 
neys may be stopped 
with a paste made of 
tar mixed with road 
dust. It should be ap- 
plied to the shingles 
where they join the 
chimney so as to form 
a collar, thereby 
throwing the water 
well on to the shingles. 




136 



Moving Wagon Bed. 




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Rig up on a pole a contrivance like the 
cut shows. You will find that it will save 
your back when changing wagon beds. 



Home-Made Candlestick, 




Cut three slits in the 
bottom of an old to- 
mato can and turn 
points up sufficiently 
to hold the candle in 
place. 



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To Carry Salt and Pepper. 




Cut off a piece of bamboo, leaving joint In 
center. Use corks for stoppers. 

A Good Liniment for Man or Beast. 

Put in a quart bottle a pint of kerosene, 
add five cents worth of camphor gum and 
let stand over night, add one-half pint of 
sweet oil, shake well and it is ready for use. 
For burns, stiff neck and sore throat it has 
no equal. It is fine for raw sores on man or 
beast. Try this valuable liniment on your 
horse's shoulder when sore. 

Catching Minnows. 

Hold under the 
water a wide 
mouth jar partly 
filled with broken 
shells. Have 
shells well clean- 
ed as the white shining shells are more ef- 
fective. 




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INDEX 



Aluminiim — To clean 7Jt 

Auger — A good stop for 42 

Automobile — To pull out of sand 65 

Automobile — To pull out of the mud 29 

Automobilists — Selling to 70 

Baby Chicks — Safe way to ship 114 

Bacon — To fry 95 

Bag — Home-made holder for a 4 

Bag — A sleeping ^ 55 

Bag — A feed 34 

Bags — To repair hot water 14 

Barometer — Home-made 88 

Barrel — A good swill 23 

Barn Door — A good stop for ..25 

Bath — A good shower 29 

Bait — Live when fishing 124 

Beater — Good carpet 44 

Bed — Handy pocket to hang on ,.—61 

Beehive Stand 127 

Bees — Trapping ^ 109 

Belting — Test leather 99 

Bin — Convenient coal 74 

Birds — To keep out garden 83 

Bites — For rattlesnake 123 

Boar — Castrating a large 31 

Board — A good chopping oS 

Boat — A home-made 35 

Board — J». home-made ironing 36 

Bottle — To cut in half 90 

Bread — Easy way to slice 131 

Bread— To cut .— 89 

Bridle — To prevent slipping 109 

Brooder — Home-made — K'l 

Brooder — Home-made 107 

Buckets — ]\[ending paper 106 

Butter — To keep cool 73 

Bucket — To get out of well — , t^l 

Buttons — To keep on overalls 45 

Burlap — Swing 6 

Button — To remove from nostril., 132 

Buttons — Sewing on overcoats 127 

Bug — To remove from ear - 114 

Cake Pan — A glass bottom for 59 

Cake — To remove from pan 94 

Can Opener — Home-made ..— 9 

Candlestick — Keeping clean 12 

Candlestick — A home-made - - 137 

Capsules — Taking 58 

Cattle — To hold when dehorning 93 

Cellar — Buttonhole for wornout 26 

Chest — Corners for 84 

139 



Chimney — To cure a smoking r> 

Chimney — To use salt in building 20 

Chimneys — Prevent leaks from 42 

Chimneys — Tampering lamp b5 

Chimneys — Stop leaks around 136 

Chair— A good kitchen -,. 62 

Chickens — Growing green stuff for ^ 67 

Chickens — To water 135 

Cleaner — Lamp chimney 82 

Clothespin — How to make 91 

Coffee — In making ^ 9 

Cooking — Campfire ^ 39 

Colic — Cure horse of 83 

Collars — To clean coat 69 

Corks — To remove from bottle 41, 50, 54 

Cover — Noiseless slop jar US 

Cow — For choking , 124 

Cow — To drive 92 

Cradle — Home-made 7 

Crutches — Home-made 15 

Crusher — A clod „ 122 

Cramps — To cure 75 

Cutter — A home-made buttonhole 45 

Cushion — Handy pin 51 

Cushions — A good filling for 117 

Curtains — To insert rod in 57 

Dents — Raising in wood 106 

Desk — Good typewriter 43 

Dinner Gong 128 

Dishes — To prevent from breaking 48 

Door Stop — A good ,.. 30 

Door — A hinge to make close 33 

Doubletree — An improved 80 

Drawers — Good lock for 19 

Drawer — A secret - 60 

Dropper — A good medicine 16 

Drowned Person — To raise the body of 28 

Eggs — When accidentally broken 134 

Eggs — To prevent from sticking ^ 72 

Eggs — Boiling „ 123 

Electric Globe — Shade for 45 

Fabrics — How to sew thin ^ 13 

Feed — To prevent wasting of 100 

Fence — Building poultry .„..^70 

Filter— Home-made 118 

Fish Hooks — Safe way to carry , 40 

Fish — To attract at night ,....111 

Fleas — Cleaning cellar of 116 

Flies and Roaches — To run off 133 

Food — Scorched 71 

Fount — A sanitary 8b 

Fruit — Print monograms on 46 

Fruit — Picking small 107 

Funnel — A paper 91 

Furnace Pipe — Heating water in 120 

140 



Gate — Self-closing 21 

Oate — Substantial 1 19 

Gate — To hold open 13G 

Gate — On wheels „ 32 

Gate — To hold up 125 

Glass Stopper — To loosen 134 

Glasses — To separate _ (53 

Grazing — To graze stock _ 24 

Grease — To remove from floor 61 

Griddle — Greasing a 123 

Gun — Easy way to clean 95 

Hammock — Home-made 64 

Handle — For hose 120 

Hanger — A skirt _ 3S 

Hanger — Good coat 104 

Harrow — A good 126 

Hasp — Home-made 132 

Hat — To keep clean 76 

Heat — To conserve 71 

Hens — For neighbors 56 

High Chair — Prevent baby overturning 121 

Hogs — Easy way to load 25 

Hogs — To make healthy 72 

biogs — To expel worms 112 

Hosts — Scalding 89 

Holder — Broom llo 

Holder — A good broom 50 

Holder — A good trace 121 

Hook — To pull straw out of stack 21 

Hopper — A good feed 69 

Hose — A holder , 34 

Hose — To mend rubber 133 

Ice — To conserve 112 

Ink — Prevent from corroding. 43 

Interfering — Cure horse from 82 

Jar — Fruit jar opener 5 

Key — Home-made IIT 

Keyhole — To find at night 108 

Kettle — To prevent from boiling over 113 

Kindling — Easy way to break 82 

Knife — Open pocket 100 

Ladder — A good roof Ill 

Lamps — Prevent from smoking - 131 

Leak — To repair in bucket - - 38 

Leather Furniture — To clean 128 

Leaves — To turn in book 112 

Level — A home-made — 2 6 

Lice — To kill '- 110 

Lifter — A lifter for vessels 49 

Light — Adjust drop 78 

Lightning — Prevent stock being killed ^'^^ 

Linen — To hem new table 10 

Linen — Mildew on -^6 

Liniment — A good 138 

Lock — Burglar proof 52 

141 



Lock — A window 105 

Lock — A good window 8 

Lock — To lubricate a ^ 85 

Malaria — Plants that prevent _ 92 

Mattress — Strap on ^ 14 

Measure — A home-made bushel 31 

Meat — To make tender 131 

Medicine — Bottle indicator for 59 

Milk Stool 127 

Milk Man — To hold ticket 113 

Milk — To keep cool 73 

Minnows — How to catch ^. 138 

Mold — To prevent in safe 92 

Mold — To prevent in library ..^ 77 

Nails — To drive hard timber 81 

Needle — Aid in threading 10 

Needles — Threading a darning 78 

Needles — Bending , 1 fj 

Nests — Cheap hen 16 

Netting — To stretch wire 17 

Neuralgia — To cure 83 

Nozzle — Home-made hose 44 

Nut Cracker — Home-Made 90 

Oil — To pour out of a can 13 

Opener — A good bottle 47 

Opener — A fruit jar 119 

Paint Spots — Take out 47 

Paint — Remove grease from 50 

Paint — To make cheap 24 

Paint — To remove from wood 36 

Paint — To remove smell of - 65 

Peanuts — To prevent scorching 76 

Pen — A good fountain ^ 37 

Phonograph — Eliminate vibration on 87 

Pigeon Hopper , 135 

Pigs — To keep sows from eating 22 

Pills — Dispensing 122 

Pipe Stand 116 

Pipe — To mend with cement 80 

Plow Point — To keep out of the ground 19 

Plowshares — Good one for alfalfa _ 129 

Poison — To prevent taking of 11 

Pole — Tightening curtain 49 

Pop Corn — How to pop T03 

Post — Repairing fence 27 

Post Puller — Home-made 104 

Pot Cover — To mend 58 

Potato — A potato baker 37 

Poultry Pan — A cement 118 

Powder — To make lice 79 

Punch — Good leather 22 

Punctures — Overcome tire *.10o 

Rack— A good tool 48 

Rack — Home-made book 64 

Rake— -Home-made ~ 39 

142 



Rat — Good rat guard 96 

Refrigerator — Easy way to place drip pan 1..-....30 

Refrigerator — Iceless 120 

Rest — A good iron rest 55 

Rock — To remove ..., 33 

Roofing — Better way to put on 60 

Room — Reflector for a dark 15 

Ruling Pen — A good ^ 110 

Saddle — A home-made 38 

Salt and Pepper — To carry 138 

Salve — A household 93 

Saw — To make stand on end 86 

Saw Handle — A good one 110 

Scaler — Good fish 81 

Scrape — A good shoe - 17 

Scrape — A home-made shoe 3o 

Screws — To prevent from working loose IS 

Screws — Prevent from working out 9f 

Screwdriver — A powerful 90 

Sea Breeze — Imitation _ 40 

Seeds — Planting early 53 

Separator — Egg _ 103 

Settee — For lawn 53 

Setting Hens — To break up ., 129 

Sheep — To prevent jumping fences JL13 

Shelf — A home-made 18 

Shoe — A good shoe cleaner _ 07 

Shoe — A good shoe polisher 66 

Shoe Strings — To keep tied 93 

Shoes — To stretch 7o 

Shovel — A shoeguard for 68 

Sills — To protect from rot 42 

Silver — To take medicine stains off of 5 

Soap — A good soap shake 37 

Soles— For damp floors 58 

Spade — An improved 23 

Spikes — Tool for pulling 7 

Splinter — To remove from finger 51 

Splinters — To remove from hand 72 

Spools — Home-made pockets for 60 

Spring — A good door .106 

Squeezer — A lemon 47 

Stamps — Moistener 41 

Stamp — A home-made 57 

Stand — Home-made flower 63 

Staples — Easy way to draw 94 

Steel — To clean rust on , 28 

Stepping Stone — To make 84 

Stock — Easy way to drench 22 

Stopper — Prevent from sticking 89 

Stringers — Easy way to lay off 7 

Stump Puller — A home-made - 27 

Stump Puller — A home-made 32 

Swing — Made out of chair 52 

Tack — A good tack puller 57 

143 



Talking Machine — To soften the tone of ^ 12 

Team — To make pull together 4 

Telephone — To hear better over *. 11 

Telephone — An accessible _ 117 

Thread — To keep in order 132 

Tips — Making shoe lace 74 

Tires — To keep tight 8't 

Tomatoes — Fresh year round 52 

Tomato — Folding arbor for 9o 

Towel — Home-made towel roller 10 

Trap — Home-made fly 13 

Trap — A good mouse 101 

Trap — A mouse trap 109 

Trap — A mole 114 

Trees — To protect 65 

Trees — Transplanting 125 

Trough — Home-made hog , 24 

Umbrella — To mend an 9 

Vegetables — Prevent from burning .- 124 

Vise — A Home-made 35 

Wagon Rods — Good substitute 133 

Wagon Bed — To move 137 

Wall Paper — To remove 102 

Warts — Ridding stock of 12b 

Watermelon — To flavor 95 

Watermelon — Seedless 102 

Weight — For holding horses 85 

Well — Drawing water from 108 

Whitewash — How to make 130 

Whitewash — To make stick 44 

Window — Easy way to lower 54 

Window — Anti-rattler for w 62 

Windows — Prevent from rattling w. 134 

Worms — Expel from horses 128 

Wrench^ — Emergency pipe, etc -. 6* 8 

Wrench — Home-made 130 



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